Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today was named chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) made the announcement while listing committee assignments for the next session of Congress. As the White House and lawmakers are in the final stages of negotiating a year-end debt reduction deal, Sanders said his first order

The Windham Regional Commission and the Bennington County Regional Commission will receive $470,000 in Economic Development Administration funds to bolster long-term recovery efforts in southern Vermont following Tropical Storm Irene, Vermont’s congressional delegation announced today. The funds will be used by the regional planning commissions to expand the capacity of public officials and economic development organizations to work with businesses

So far this year, Chittenden, Grand Isle and Franklin Counties are ranked as the tenth most lucrative market to sell gasoline in the United States. That’s according to the Oil Price Information Service, which tracks prices and profit margins nationally. For most of November, for example, filling stations in northwestern Vermont sold a gallon of gas for at least 30

BURLINGTON, Vt., Dec. 10 –U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today announced a new website to help consumers track gasoline prices in Vermont, where prices in the northwestern part of the state are 30 cents above the national average. Sanders also said he plans to work with Vermont state lawmakers to hold hearings and draft state legislation on gas prices. Some

BURLINGTON, Vt., Dec. 7 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the Supreme Court agreed to hear two cases on same-sex marriage: “Vermonters are rightly proud of our state’s historic role as a civil rights leader. Our state was the first in the nation to allow gay marriage without a court order, but that doesn’t

BURLINGTON, Vt., Dec. 6 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) launched his third annual State of the Union essay contest to engage Vermont’s high school students on the major issues facing the country. “It’s my hope that this essay contest will provide an opportunity for students to explore current issues in depth, and will help develop their critical thinking about